Business Reply Mail

Business reply mail enables a sender holding a sender with proper permit to provide a recipient with a convenient, prepaid method for replying to a mailing. Providing a prepaid reply envelope or postcard may increase the chances of receiving a reply from customers or potential customers.by which correctly formatted mail can be forwarded back to the original sender, free of cost to the party responding.

• Various postal fees have been paid in order for the University to gain maximum discounts if the business reply envelope or postcard format is correctly prepared.
• BRM allows a department to provide a preprinted First-Class mail envelope to recipients to encourage a response.
• The department, not the recipient, pays the return postage.
• The department is only charged for postage by USPS for pieces that the recipients actually mail back to the department.

The UTEP holds a BRM permit with the Mail Center. All fees are assessed to the permit holder for actual mail received, and thereafter internally charged to the initiating department.

Business reply mail can significantly increase response rates for mailing campaigns including:

• Researchers seeking survey response data
• Publishers soliciting subscriptions
• Businesses collecting receipts or documents from employees
• Direct marketing
• BRM Pieces can include: Cards, Envelopes, Self-mailers, Flats, Labels

No. 9 Envelopes 

The #9 (3-7/8 X 8-7/8) Business Reply Envelope is the most popular envelope because it fits perfectly into a #10 business envelope (4-1/8 X 9-1/2). 

You can order your envelopes at the Print Shop office located at the Hertzog Building, please contact them at (915) 747-5135 or email them at utepcopycenter@utep.edu for a quote.